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Beauty Pageants Through The Years, Part 1 Beauty Pageants date back to 1921. This year saw the grand introductions of beauty pageants as we know today. The first pageant was held in Atlantic City, called the National Beauty Tournament. However, 1921 also saw the very first Miss America Pageant. This pageant was nothing like today’s pageant, with representatives from every state. In fact, the first Miss America Pageant only had eight contestants and was won by a 16 year old, Washington, D.C. resident named Margaret Gorman. In 1922 and 1923, a first and last occurred in Miss America history, the...

Appeal Pageants Through The Years, Part 2 Beauty pageants have actually not been with occurrences, deceit, and tarnished track records. For example, in 1937, simply after being crowned, Bette Cooper decided she simply wanted to go house and left, which caused an extensive search and battle for pageant authorities. In 1957, Leona Gage, Miss USA was ripped of her crown after her partners mother revealed that she was the mom of two children and married. In 1973, Miss World and the first American to hold the crown, lost her crown and title, thanks to reports drifting around about various affairs....